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[ "Because", "However", "Until" ]
[MASK] he was 12, his family moved to a ranch in Rigby, Idaho, which was four miles from, the nearest high school, thus necessitating his daily horseback rides.
When
[ "then", "finally", "yet" ]
When he was 12, his family moved to a ranch in Rigby, Idaho, which was four miles from, the nearest high school, [MASK] necessitating his daily horseback rides.
thus
[ "important", "interesting", "vivid" ]
Because he was interested in the electron and electricity, he persuaded his chemistry teacher, Justin Tolman, to give him [MASK] instruction and to allow him to listen to a senior course.
special
[ "in", "within", "around" ]
There were, at the time, no more than a handful of men [MASK] the planet who could have understood Farnsworth's idea for building an electronic television system, and it's unlikely that any of them were at this local community.
on
[ "necessarily", "essential", "false" ]
There were, at the time, no more than a handful of men on the planet who could have understood Farnsworth's idea for building an electronic television system, and it's [MASK] that any of them were at this local community.
unlikely
[ "possible", "capable", "thoughtful" ]
But he wasn't [MASK] to do so.
able
[ "secret", "space", "anger" ]
He brought his excitement and [MASK] for the sport to television audiences when he commentated on a game.
love
[ "how", "what", "where" ]
He brought his excitement and love for the sport to television audiences [MASK] he commentated on a game.
when
[ "happy", "good", "nervous" ]
John Madden is [MASK] for his friendly and humorous personality .
famous
[ "buying", "showing", "teaching" ]
He is also known for [MASK] football as he announces the games.
explaining
[ "touch", "miss", "take" ]
This helps people understand and [MASK] the sport even more.
enjoy
[ "like", "for", "with" ]
In April 2009, John Madden retired [MASK] an NFL commentator.
as
[ "collect", "use", "waste" ]
He says he wants to [MASK] more time with his family, especially his five grandchildren.
spend
[ "except", "usually", "always" ]
He says he wants to spend more time with his family, [MASK] his five grandchildren.
especially
[ "exciting", "interesting", "serious" ]
Madden says to make his decision to retire is really [MASK] because he loves everything about football.
difficult
[ "basketball", "volleyball", "baseball" ]
He started as a [MASK] player, but a wound to his knee in 1958 ended his short career .
football
[ "continued", "forced", "left" ]
He started as a football player, but a wound to his knee in 1958 [MASK] his short career .
ended
[ "game", "announcer", "player" ]
He began his career as a head football [MASK] in 1969, when he was chosen o lead the Oakland Raiders.
coach
[ "given", "kept", "rewarded" ]
He began his career as a head football coach in 1969, when he was [MASK] o lead the Oakland Raiders.
chosen
[ "music", "food", "video" ]
Two years later, he retired and became a [MASK] commentator for the NFL.
sports
[ "prizes", "results", "news" ]
Madden has commentated on eleven Superbowl [MASK] during his thirty-year announcing career.
games
[ "found", "shared", "tried" ]
He has [MASK] sixteen Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Analyst / Personality on television.
won
[ "great", "best", "personal" ]
His [MASK] game as a football commentator before he retired was this year's Superbowl in February.
last
[ "forecast", "information", "study" ]
John Madden's [MASK] on the sport of football continues.
influence
[ "produced", "sent", "printed" ]
It has [MASK] more than 70,000,000 copies during the last twenty years.
sold
[ "natural", "strong", "guilty" ]
Then again, teenagers have [MASK] feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them.
similar
[ "interest", "link", "knowledge" ]
According to a recent research, the most common [MASK] between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks.
argument
[ "noisy", "crowded", "locked" ]
On the one hand, parents go mad over [MASK] rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children's refusal to help with the housework .
messy
[ "homework", "problem", "research" ]
On the one hand, parents go mad over messy rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children's refusal to help with the [MASK] .
housework
[ "washing", "using", "replacing" ]
On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for [MASK] the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
dropping
[ "contributions", "introductions", "attitudes" ]
The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different [MASK] to these problems.
approaches
[ "complex", "popular", "scientific" ]
However, some approaches are more [MASK] than others.
successful
[ "deliberately", "seldom", "thoroughly" ]
For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but [MASK] clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children's behavior .
later
[ "taste", "future", "nature" ]
For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but later clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children's [MASK] .
behavior
[ "failures", "changes", "thrills" ]
On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the [MASK] of their actions can do better.
consequences
[ "defend", "delay", "repeat" ]
For example, when teenagers who don't help their parents with the shopping don't find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to [MASK] their actions.
reconsider
[ "bond", "friendship", "trust" ]
Psychologists say that [MASK] is the most important thing in parent-child relationships.
communication
[ "reply", "attend", "attach" ]
Parents should [MASK] to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say.
talk
[ "hate", "frighten", "stop" ]
Parents may [MASK] their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space.
scold
[ "loving", "observing", "praising" ]
It is only by listening to and [MASK] each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
understanding
[ "strong", "tall", "fat" ]
She seemed so [MASK] as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.
small
[ "in", "along", "beside" ]
The school was [MASK] the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during breaks.
across
[ "see", "observe", "notice" ]
The school was across the street from our home and I would often [MASK] the kids as they played during breaks.
watch
[ "terror", "satisfaction", "disappointment" ]
I watched in [MASK] as she ran circles around the other kids.
wonder
[ "on", "by", "with" ]
She managed to shoot jump shots just [MASK] their heads and into the net.
over
[ "until", "after", "before" ]
She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes [MASK] dark.
in
[ "silence", "rest", "relief" ]
She looked me in eyes and without a moment of [MASK] she said, "I want to go to college.
hesitation
[ "wondered", "suspected", "declared" ]
I [MASK] that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship.
decided
[ "Mom", "coach", "teacher" ]
My [MASK] told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
Daddy
[ "enthusiastic", "optimistic", "smart" ]
Well, I had to admit that she was [MASK] . I watched her through those junior high years and into high school.
determined
[ "Secretly", "Impatiently", "Briefly" ]
[MASK] I asked what was wrong.
Quietly
[ "young", "slow", "weak" ]
"I am just too [MASK] ."
short
[ "soon", "later", "afterwards" ]
The coaches told her that at 5'5" she would probably [MASK] get to play for a top ranked team-- much less offered a scholarship -- so she should stop dreaming about college.
never
[ "recognized", "judged", "understood" ]
She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I [MASK] her disappointment.
sensed
[ "turned", "lowered", "shook" ]
She [MASK] her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong.
lifted
[ "statements", "players", "facts" ]
She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those [MASK] were wrong.
coaches
[ "key", "role", "truth" ]
They just did not understand the [MASK] of a dream.
power
[ "performance", "idea", "ability" ]
He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college and if she truly wanted a scholarship, nothing could stop her except one thing -- her own [MASK] .
attitude
[ "reward", "hand", "job" ]
She was indeed offered a [MASK] , and admitted to the college team.
scholarship
[ "talked", "thought", "heard" ]
She was going to get the college education that she had [MASK] of and worked toward for all those years.
dreamed
[ "tried", "wanted", "expected" ]
It is not easy to stop smoking,but millions have [MASK] to quit and so can you Here are a few suggestions.
managed
[ "values", "results", "profits" ]
Make a list of all the [MASK] you will get from stopping smoking.
benefits
[ "addicted", "accustomed", "depressed" ]
Be [MASK] .
determined
[ "prepare", "inform", "threaten" ]
Every time you feel like smoking a cigarette, [MASK] yourself that you are a non-smoker.Reread the list of benefits you wrote earlier.
remind
[ "specially", "normally", "certainly" ]
Go for a walk,clean your teeth drink some water, clean the house;in fact,do anything to keep your mind and [MASK] your hands busy.
especially
[ "out", "at", "in" ]
If you start to feel nervous or stressed,do not reach [MASK] a cigarette .Try some deep breathing instead.
for
[ "satisfied", "arbitrary", "conscious" ]
Arrange to stop smoking with a fiend so you call talk about your problems,or Join a stop-smoking group .If you feel [MASK] ,you might like to talk to a doctor or chemist about something to help you,like nicotine chewing gum.
desperate
[ "stick", "continue", "insist" ]
If you [MASK] and have a cigarette,do not feel ashamed .Just try again.
weaken
[ "constantly", "occasionally", "normally" ]
You will succeed [MASK] .
eventually
[ "But", "And", "Or" ]
[MASK] he had been disabled in the war, he could hardly do anything.
Because
[ "rich", "strong", "stupid" ]
So before long he became very [MASK] .
poor
[ "farmers", "businessmen", "workers" ]
Every year the former [MASK] in the town would hold a party.Once the party was held in Bill's house.Since he had become a rich man,he provided the other soldiers with a lot of good wine and tasty food.
soldiers
[ "gave", "brought", "offered" ]
Every year the former soldiers in the town would hold a party.Once the party was held in Bill's house.Since he had become a rich man,he [MASK] the other soldiers with a lot of good wine and tasty food.
provided
[ "pen", "watch", "bowl" ]
At the party,Bill was so glad that he took out a big gold [MASK] he had collected to show them.
coin
[ "give", "enjoy", "interest" ]
At the party,Bill was so glad that he took out a big gold coin he had collected to [MASK] them.
show
[ "Late", "Lately", "Latest" ]
[MASK] ,most of them got drunk and the gold coin was soon forgotten .
Later
[ "found", "kept", "seen" ]
Later ,most of them got drunk and the gold coin was soon [MASK] .
forgotten
[ "broken", "wrong", "false" ]
When Bill remembered the gold coin,he found it was [MASK] .Everybody helped to look for the coin in the room,but they failed .At that time,someone suggested that everyone in the room be searched.Everyone else agreed except Frank.
missing
[ "won", "defeated", "succeeded" ]
When Bill remembered the gold coin,he found it was missing .Everybody helped to look for the coin in the room,but they [MASK] .At that time,someone suggested that everyone in the room be searched.Everyone else agreed except Frank.
failed
[ "said", "thought", "held" ]
When Bill remembered the gold coin,he found it was missing .Everybody helped to look for the coin in the room,but they failed .At that time,someone [MASK] that everyone in the room be searched.Everyone else agreed except Frank.
suggested
[ "spoke", "refused", "wondered" ]
When Bill remembered the gold coin,he found it was missing .Everybody helped to look for the coin in the room,but they failed .At that time,someone suggested that everyone in the room be searched.Everyone else [MASK] except Frank.
agreed
[ "soldier", "woman", "guest" ]
"I'm not a [MASK] ,why should I be searched?"
thief
[ "whom", "which", "he" ]
Then he went out of Bill's house.Since then people believed that it was Frank [MASK] had stolen the gold coin.Frank was looked down upon from then on.All the people in the town kept away from him.
that
[ "hoped", "seemed", "wanted" ]
Several years later,when Bill repaired his house,he [MASK] to find the gold coin in a crack of the floor.He hurried to Frank's house to tell him about it and he apologized to Frank.Then he asked Frank,"But why didn't you allow to be searched at the time?
happened
[ "spoke", "liked", "went" ]
Several years later,when Bill repaired his house,he happened to find the gold coin in a crack of the floor.He hurried to Frank's house to tell him about it and he [MASK] to Frank.Then he asked Frank,"But why didn't you allow to be searched at the time?
apologized
[ "need", "stop", "refuse" ]
Several years later,when Bill repaired his house,he happened to find the gold coin in a crack of the floor.He hurried to Frank's house to tell him about it and he apologized to Frank.Then he asked Frank,"But why didn't you [MASK] to be searched at the time?
allow
[ "hand", "car", "mouth" ]
my [MASK] was full of bread and chicken that I had taken from your table and would carry home for my hungry wife and children."
pocket
[ "flowers", "grains", "fruits" ]
I used to stop by Mr.Miller's stand for [MASK] One particular day, while Mr.Miller was bagging some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy hungrily admiring a basket of green peas.
vegetables
[ "digging", "selling", "cooking" ]
I used to stop by Mr.Miller's stand for vegetables One particular day, while Mr.Miller was [MASK] some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy hungrily admiring a basket of green peas.
bagging
[ "happily", "curiously", "seriously" ]
I used to stop by Mr.Miller's stand for vegetables One particular day, while Mr.Miller was bagging some potatoes for me I noticed a small boy [MASK] admiring a basket of green peas.
hungrily
[ "carried", "sent", "led" ]
Soon I was also [MASK] to the fresh green peas.
drawn
[ "town", "home", "store" ]
Mrs.Miller came up to me and said, "There are two other such boys in our [MASK] , all from poor families.
community
[ "bring", "change", "get" ]
Jim always offers to [MASK] our produce for their marbles .
trade
[ "something", "everything", "anything" ]
He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles in particular .Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for [MASK] ."
nothing
[ "surprised", "disappointed", "satisfied" ]
I left the stand, [MASK] with this man.
impressed
[ "relatives", "businessmen", "workers" ]
Years later, I went back to visit some [MASK] in that community and while I was there I learned Mr.Miller had died.
friends
[ "introduce", "send", "assist" ]
I agreed to [MASK] my friends to see Mrs.Miller.
accompany
[ "thanks", "praise", "encouragement" ]
Upon our arrival, we offered whatever words of [MASK] .
comfort
[ "since", "whether", "because" ]
Mrs.Miller's eyes followed them [MASK] each young man placed his own warm hand over the cold pale hand and then left.
as
[ "cool", "red", "pale" ]
Mrs.Miller's eyes followed them as each young man placed his own [MASK] hand over the cold pale hand and then left.
warm